Fabulous Fall To Ya All-
Good News Minute- LeeAnn Jett climbed up to the "Y" this week to celebrate her sisters 50th Birthday. Good Job LeeAnn. Kelsey Streadbeck is excited about her soon to be sister in law, who we were able to meet today, Nate is getting married Nov. 12th.
Announcements: Sisters we are passing around sign ups to host a table at the Relief Society Couples Christmas Dinner on Nov. 30th. Look for the sign up in the binder next week or call Andrea Ashley if you'd like to host a table. Also we will be canning rice on Nov. 18th. Sign ups in the binder also.
We had a great lesson on baptism today, given by Heather Keele, she reminded us that even though we have all been baptized its important to remember why we made this covenant and remind us of the promises that we made at baptism. Several points were discussed some being; why we are baptized, how, when and who should.
Why are we baptized? become a member of the church, wash away our sins, receive the Holy Ghost, first covenant we make with the Lord and because it is a commandment.
How are we baptized? by immersion. It symbolizes a rebirth and a newness of life. Romans 6:3-5
Who and When? All should be baptized and at the age of eight. Also those that are responsible for their actions only need to be baptized.
We talked about the covenants we made at baptism:
We Promise to: Bear one another burdens, morn with those who morn, comfort, take His name upon us, stand as a witness, serve, and keep the commandments.
God Promises to: Forgive our sins, pour out His spirit upon us, offer daily guidance, give us eternal life, bless us with the Holy Ghost, and we will come forth in the 1st resurrection.
Jesus said that unless we are born of the water and of the Spirit, we cannot enter the kingdom of God. John 3:3-5
Remembering the importance of that first covenant really make me want to live my life better, and reminds me of the other covenants I have made with the Lord. May we all try to live a pure life and have the spirit of Christ with us always.
Make it a good week sisters. We love you!!!

Good News Minute- Kim Adams celebrated her 10th wedding anniversary. Sharon Eyre celebrated her 48th wedding anniversary. Karlene Karper bottled her tomatoes that miraculously grew from the seeds that where left over from last year! Rebecca Erickson's salon will be on TV Sunday Night. Chelsi Wood was able to go to an orphanage in Mexico last week with her family to provide service to the children living there.
A big Thank You to Ashlee Rees for giving the lesson this week! Her lesson was on Repentance, and started with defining what is sin. It is things that are contrary to the will of God. In Moses 6:57 the Lord says, "All men, everywhere, must repent". Except for Jesus Christ, everyone who lived on earth has sinned, so all of us must repent. What is Repentance? to become free from sins. Some words the sisters used were; erased, sorrow, humility, weight lifted, awareness of wrongdoing, guilt, forsake, mercy and faith. Ashlee went on to lead a great discussion on the Principles of Repentance. They are 1-Recognize our sins 2-Feel sorrow 3-Forsake our sins 4-Confess our sins 5- Make restitution 6- Forgive others 7-Keep the commandments. In closing she reminded us that repentance frees us from bondage and we find joy.
We love you all and have a great week!

Fabulous Friday

We are super excited about our Fabulous Friday coming up!!

Mark your calendars... Oct 22nd from 6-10pm @ the Stake Center

We will start the evening with a yummy dinner and then we'll spend the rest of the night crafting and getting to know the sisters in our ward better.

We have several great options this year!!

{Easy and Cheap gift ideas}

Please have all of your $$ to Andrea Ashley by Oct 10th.

You can pick up an order form at church on Oct 10th or print one off from the e-mail sent to you.

Click HERE to see the list of crafts with prices or click on the Fabulous Friday Crafts tab above.

Good Afternoon Sisters! I hope you all had a great week. I can't believe that we are already approaching the end of September. Boy time flies!!
A few announcements:

• Apples are available for purchase. They are $10 for a half bushel and Gala and Jonagold are available.
• Food drive will be on the 25th. The Elders will be around between 9-10am to pick up food
• General Relief Society broadcast 25th. 5:00 dinner 6:00 broadcast

• Tuesday canning sugar and bring your oats if they need to be resealed
• Be sure to check out the table outside the RS room for our Fabulous Friday crafts!
  

Good News Minute:
Amy Bush's Grandpa turned 105 this last week!!! wow we want his secrets.

This weeks lesson was Chapter 18 "Faith in Jesus Christ"
Heather led a great discussion how we build faith, what is faith?, and what does it mean to have faith in Christ as opposed to just having faith. Hebrews 11:1 says faith is "hope for things which are not seen, which are true. The comment was made that faith is a principle of action. We must study, learn and act for us to increase our faith.
Why is it so important to have faith is Christ? without faith in Christ all other things we do are useless. The atonement would have no meaning for us. Ask yourself how having faith in Christ influences how we perform in our church callings, jobs, daily actions and our hope for eternal life. Matthew 17:20 is the blessing that we can do anything if we only have the faith of a mustard seed. Just like planting a garden, we plant the seeds and have faith that they will grow, but faith alone won't do anything. The ground needs to be worked, nourished and cultivated to grow. Once we see the fruits of our faith we are more willing to take more leaps of faith and then our faith becomes knowledge, something that we know!
I'd like to thank Elaine for her music that she provides, it really sets the spirit for the lesson!
We have lots of activities this week, look forward to seeing you all throughout the week.
Make it a great one!

Hello Sisters! I hope you all enjoyed Stake Conference, and especially enjoyed a little break from your weekly Sunday callings. haha. I just wanted to send out a quick reminder that orders for sugar are due this Thursday. Chelsi is out of town as of Wednesday so bring orders over to Andrea. Also, even if your not canning sugar and need to fix your oat cans you can do that on Tuesday the 21st. And last but not least stop by the Relief Society hall this Sunday we will have the projects for our 2nd Annual Fabulous Friday on display!!! We have some great ideas for yourself and for gifts for the holidays.
Make it a great week and we'll see you all Sunday!

Sister that need to fix your can of oats, we will do this on September 21st when we have the canner and doing sugar.

Thanks for you understanding as we learn along with you!

Happy Labor Day weekend Sisters! We may have been few in numbers today, but always strong in Spirit! Karen Fairbanks gave the Visiting Teaching message for this month and shared with us the great examples of her mother and grandmother were in her raising, and giving her a strong foundation in the church. As you prepare to go visiting this month think of people that have nurtured you that you may be able to share with the sisters you teach.
Adrianne Morris gave a great lesson today from the talk given by Elder Bednar "Watching With All Perseverance" this is a great talk that is well worth reading again! He talks of early warning systems that are in place in society and in our bodies to warn us of danger. Adrianne shared an experience she had with her son having a fever, that warned her of pneumonia. The Lord has given us a spiritual warning system that contains three components: read and discuss the Book of Mormon, bearing testimony and inviting children to act not merely to be acted upon. Several sisters shared ideas for having spontaneous discussions on gospel principles and sharing your testimony and being an example of doing what you teach. The most important aspect for us to learn is to listen to the promptings of the Holy Ghost and act upon those promptings.